I agree,however I disagree on the past MSM. The MSM has not been free in my lifetime. It is worse today, but it was not free even a half a century ago.

Research Project Mockingbird. (for all those who don't know, but have heard the term Mainstream Mockingbird Media) Is a govern-cement program to put govern-cement people into key positions in the media so that if they ever need to push propaganda, they already had everything in place.
Then read stories about how govern-cement agencies send entire stories to the MSM to read as if it were news.